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When I first met Max Capps he definitely stood out from many of the other downhill skateboarders I’d met. He was one of the first dudes I’d encountered in the community that really paid attention to style. Where I come from, style is of critical importance—what you do and how you do it go …

A couple days ago we received the official Otang press release stating that Jackson and Orangatang Wheels had parted ways, and that Jackson had hopped on over to the Sector 9 urethane program. We were happy to hear that all involved were stoked on the move and working toward the future. Anyway, we got to …

Nowadays, every grom can do switch standups and crazier stuff than I would ever think of trying (Shout out to Chance Gaul and his 360 early grabs in SD), its hard to find people who really stand out, but guess what? We found him, and it’s not just because he has red hair. This summer …

Louis is a skateboarder’s skateboarder—his love for skateboarding runs so deep that it has taken over his entire life. This dude sleeps, eats, and shits Skateboarding. Although Louis’s main style of riding is downhill, he is at home skating anything and everything. Mr. Pilloni is also one of the hardest working dudes in longboard skateboarding: He …

At Wheelbase, we are always hunting for fresh and inspirational skateboarding; we’re on a mission to bring you the content that makes you want to get up, grab your shredsled, and go a rippin’. One of the ways we try and share this freshness and inspiration is through the medium of photography. From the moment …

I had a sweet intro written up for this interview, detailing how awesome Big Dave is and how much inspiration and stoke he generates by just being Dave; but after looking at the rad pics I ended up getting and after receiving Dave’s answers to my interview questions, I decided to shit-can my intro and …

Skate road trips are always good times—I’m actually in LA right now waiting for our rental Dakota pick-up truck to finish getting loaded up so we can start heading into Colorado and New Mexico for Buffalo Bill, Atomic Bomb, and Ditch Slap. When you travel in such close quarters you end up getting to know …

Fernando Yuppie is a seventeen year old Brazilian ripper. He comes from a serious legacy of Brazilian shredders. His father, Sergio Yuppie, is one of the pioneers of the sliding genre and has passed those skills on to his son. Fernando has taken his father’s teachings and is pushing his skating further and further. I …

I met Max Dubler a year and a half ago at a lunch-break bowl session in Los Angeles, CA. I was just getting into downhill at the time and Max and the rest of the Skatehouse guys were the first dudes I had met that liked to skate everything–both short and longboards. Naturally, we clicked …